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Nordic Centers of Excellence - a platform for international research collaboration : Example from climate research. Dr . Ilona Riipinen on behalf of Prof. Markku Kulmala and The CRAICC / CBACCI / BACCI teams.
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NordicCenters of Excellence- a platform for international researchcollaboration:Examplefromclimateresearch • Dr. Ilona Riipinen • on behalf of • Prof. Markku Kulmala and • The CRAICC / CBACCI / BACCI teams
NCoE CRAICC: Cryosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in Changing Arctic Climate Air pollution – climate interactions (Arneth et al., Science, 2009) Estimated that up to 70% of Arctic warming since 1976 is due to decreases in sulphate aerosols and parallel increases in Black Carbon emissions (Shindell and Faluvegi, Nature Geoscience, 2009)
E Otherfeedbacks in the climatesystem B Arcticwarming A • Forcing • directanthropogenic • indirectanthropogenic • natural Climatechange / Focus on the Arctic C • Changes in the cryosphere • snow • sea ice • land ice Emis D Society and humanactivities s i o n s Interlinksbetweendifferentcomponents in climatechange and cryosphere
CRAICC PARTNERS DENMARK: • University of Aarhus, Dept. of Atmospheric Environment (NERI) • University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Chemistry • Risø National Laboratory FINLAND: • University of Helsinki, Dept. of Physics, Dept of Forest Sciences, Dept of Geosciences and Geography, and Dept of Environmental Sciences • Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) • University of Eastern Finland ICELAND: • University of Iceland NORWAY: • University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences • Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology • Norwegian Meteorological Institute • Norwegian Insititute for Air Research (NILU) SWEDEN: • Lund University, Dept of Physics • Stockholm University, Dept of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences • University of Gothenburg, Dept of Chemistry
How to meet the research and innovation needs – why are we a center of excellence? Clear and ambitious vision Empirical and experimental (laboratory, field, instrument development...) Theoretical (basic theories, simulations, model development..) Supradisciplinary (physics, chemistry, biology, meteorology, etc.) From research to innovations; new SMEs Collaboration Spirit of publishing Continuity Kulmala et al., 2009, EUCAARI, ACP
Continuousmeasurements and measurementnetworks– spatial and temporalcoverage
SMEAR II Hyytiälä BACCI network through Nordic countries
Abbreviations: ABS=Atmosphere-Biosphere Studies; ACTRIS = European aerosol and atmospheric chemistry infrastructure; BACCI= Research Unit on Biosphere-Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; CBACCI=Carbon- Biosphere-Atmosphere-Cloud-Climate- Interactions; COPAL= COmmunity heavy-PAyload Long endurance Instrumented Aircraft for Tropospheric Research in Environmental and Geo-Sciences; CRAICC=Cryosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in a Changing Arctic Climate; EINAR= European Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Earth System Research; EUCAARI= European Integrated Project on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate-Air Quality Interactions; EUSAAR= European Supersites for Atmospheric Aerosol Research; FCoE=Finnish Centre of Excellence in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Meteorology of Atmospheric Composition and Climate Change; GS= Finnish graduate school; IAGOS= In-service Aircraft for Global Observing System; ICOS =Integrated Carbon Observation System; IGBP= International Geosphere-Biosphere Program; iLEAPS=integrated Land Ecosystem Atmosphere Processes Study; IMECC= Infrastructure for Measurements of the European Carbon Cycle; P-S GAW= Pallas-Sodankylä Global Atmosphere Watch Station; PEGASOS= Pan-European Gas-AerosSOls-climate interaction Study; SIOS= Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System; SMEAR=Station for Measuring Ecosystem-Atmosphere Relations
WhyNordiccollaboration? • Research • Boreal, Arcticfocus • Similarenvironmentalproblems and impacts • Accordingto ourexperience: effective • Science policy • Traditions • JointNordicefforts • EU projects • globalvisibility, EINAR • Knowledgetransfer • Similareducation, jointdegreesneeded • Practical • Short distances – personalmeetings • Common history, easy to understandeachother • Seminars, courses, workshops, researchvisits, visitingprofessors